Zac Taylor on Bengals' 19-17 Win Over Steelers in Week 18

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00:00How much did you think you guys relied on that character that you built over the last four weeks?

00:30But I didn't sit in my office worried at night. How is this team going to respond?

00:34I knew how they'd respond because I'd seen it.

00:36And we all saw the results that had happened during the season.

00:39We all knew that it's kind of one of those years, man, where just some of those games didn't go our way.

00:44And those are things that we can certainly control.

00:46But again, I just can't state enough how proud I am of everybody that's involved in this Bengals organization

00:56and the way that they've stuck together.

00:58We finished with five in a row.

01:00What's the biggest difference in defense tonight between the first time you played?

01:06I mean, I'm just very proud of the way those guys played, man.

01:09They were tight in coverage. They really competed.

01:11They did a good job in the run game.

01:13I mean, I don't know how many yards they had going into that fourth quarter, but it probably wasn't a lot.

01:17And it was just these guys just responded and put them in some tough spots where they had to convert some third downs.

01:22And our guys stepped up and made some plays.

01:24And just really proud of the effort by all those guys.